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2020 - banish the clutter
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Morning everyone, been MIA from MSE for months and missed the forum changeover, but hack now and would like to rejoin the challenge! Fell off the wagon with all things MSE and so much stuff to declutter. 😱
A xJuly 2024 GC £0.00/£400
NSD July 2024 /3111 -
I haven't posted for a while, but with the weather this weekend it's a perfect decluttering time.
111-112 2 x socks with holes
113 - 1ltr conditioner that I hated and it's been lurking for a while, the shampoo is still going
114 - bbq sauce bottle, for some reason I had 3 open...
115 and 10/52 (one full shredder container 24L to compost) receipts and shredding done from shredding box
116 1 yr of really old bank statements taken from folder and shredded
117 - 137 20 manuals / receipts from products we no longer have taken from folder and recycled
138-139 2 hoodies sold and collected
140 - another batch of jam crumblies done, 1 jam finished
Ideas - light a candle, put another toy on selling site, do a bag full of shredding, making jam tarts with jams in fridge that don't get used and lard (one of the ingredients we had to buy for food nutrition) batch 2 made, top of my wardrobe... what is up there?, find out where to take ceramic children's mugs, newspapersListed - children's hangers x16 free, 1 hoodie, bead toy, baby cookbooksCurrent totals 140/2020 10/52Decluttering target:
Beauty product - 11/52, last item - bubble bath used while I shaved legs, 2 conditioners sachets from used hair dye boxes
Play room - 41/52, last item -
Clothes - 23/52, last item -
Food - 13/52, last item -10 -
Day 47
Finally tackled the shelving unit. I've relocated the unit to the conservatory as it fits a 'dead space' perfectly.
- Carrier bag of DVD cases and other junk to bin
- 6 books to CS
- 8 Nintendo 3DS games for Ebay (I'll list tonight as shouldn't take long)
MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......12 -
Not much decluttering going on here as I feel pretty awful and have spent most of the last few days in bed.
The following have been used up though:
2 x Haliborange Children's vitamin sweets
2 x Disney mini conditioners
1 x menthol vapour rub
Aussie Deep Treatment 3 minute miracle Reconstructor 250ml
Running total 80/36611 -
Not much from me. Does decluttering an ex count? xSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x12 -
Nicnak said:Not much from me. Does decluttering an ex count? x
Lots of recycling and rubbish out - I can even see part of the office floor! However, I can't find my tape measure - I haven't seen it for several days. It's probably time to buy some more as several seem to have disappeared over the last few years of having work done on the house.14 -
Nicnac - I think decluttering an ex counts - at least in double figuresFinally wooden laundry basket and bench picked up by freecycler 290-291292 laundry bin binned293 -297 pairs of earrings CS bag298 cookery book in CS bag299 rubbish from top of chest of drawers binned - took a photo before and after and set timer for 10 min putting things back in right place - added abit of motivation300 -303 2 cables, vitamin tablets and alarm clock to DD1 ( clock and vitamins were hers but mislaid months ago so counting as out of the house and with her)Trying to keep motivation up - off to wash up and sort washing, then back to clearing.Hope everyone safe and keeping out of the rain and wind.13
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Sorry not to have posted. I am doing well with eb*y and amaz0n. Today I sorted out and rationalised some of my clothes long way to go though. Keep positive XI must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.12 -
382 an old CD rack
383-390 DVD's
391-400 CD's
400-403 OOD seeds planted.
A common theme of what I cleared today.12
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